Kurten said from Valkenswaard this evening: "Quibell has been retired after a super career and a wonderful result today. She will be retired to stud at Castle Forbes in Ireland."

The Danish-bred mare's last team outing for Ireland was at the Nations' Cup in Rotterdam two months ago, where Kurten rode her to a superb double clear, the only one recorded amongst the ten teams competing.

Owned by Lady Georgina Forbes, 'Quibell' also had a distinguished solo career, including a win in the Gothenburg Grand Prix in April last year, and amongst many other victories, in 2006 won the Grand Prix of Chernyakovsk in Russia and took first place in the 750,000 dollar Al Maktoum Memorial Grand Prix in Dubai.